The Essence of Islam – Volume II — Page 434
434. Essence of Islām II be bestowed upon a person from outside. A person's paradise is generated from within himself and everyone's paradise are his faith and his righteous action, the delight of which begins in this life. The gardens of faith and actions and the streams that flow through them are seen in a hidden manner in this life, but in the hereafter they will be perceived overtly. The holy teaching of God. Almighty tells us that the true and pure and firm and perfect faith in God and His attributes and His designs is a pleasant garden of fruit trees and righteous actions are the streams that irrigate that garden. This is indicated in the verse: ضَربَ اللهُ مَثَلًا كَلِمَةً طَيِّبَةً كَشَجَرَةٍ طَيِّبَةٍ أَصْلُهَا ثَابِتَ وَفَرْعُهَا فِي السَّمَاءِ تُؤتي أكلها كُلَّ حِينٍ 206. That is, the word of faith which is free from all excess and defect and falsehood and vanity, and is perfect in every way, is like a tree that is free from every defect, its root is firm in the earth and its branches spread into heaven and it brings forth fruit at all times. At no time are its branches without fruit. . In this verse God Almighty has likened a word of faith to a tree that bears fruit at all times and has specified three signs of it. . The first is that its root, that is to say, its true meaning should be firm in the soil of man's heart. Nature and human conscience should have accepted its truth and reality. . The second sign is that its branches should spread into heaven, that is to say, it should be reasonable and should 206 Ibrāhīm, 14:25-26 [Publisher]